Senior High

TSA students win regional awards; 15 advance to state competition

More than 30 Exeter Township Senior High Technology Student Association (TSA) students attended the Pennsylvania TSA "Discover Your Journey" regional competition in Stroudsburg, PA on Saturday, February 5, 2022 to compete against students from 17 other area schools in individual or team-based categories, including video game design, photographic technology and transportation modeling. When the day's presentations were over, 15 Exeter students qualified with their technology-based projects to move on to the state competition in in April. Please check out the video to see some highlights of our students' projects!

TSA is an after-school, extracurricular club advised by Mr. Zachary Potter and Mr. Terry Lorah that meets weekly to create technology-based projects exclusively for this regional conference. Reflecting upon the students' achievements he said, "I am extremely proud of all of our club participants for their hard work and efforts. These students are taking time out of their busy schedules to participate in academic events that are not only fun, they help to improve upon important skills these students will be using in their futures."

Here are the results from the day's competition:

  • 1st Place - Engineering Design: Corinne Scherer, Sherry Heckman, Leahnessa Ortiz, Becca Zilinski
  • 1st Place - Transportation Modeling: Zachary Kauffman
  • 2nd Place - Extemporaneous Presentation: Saishree Mupparaju
  • 2nd Place - Photographic Technology: Hailey Keperling
  • 3rd Place - Video Game Design: Evan Miller, Rohan Talagadadeevi, Zach Badinger, Colson Tsakonas, Ethan Le, Prateek Kunduru
  • 3rd Place - Webmaster: Evan Miller, Rohan Talagadadeevi, Zach Badinger, Colson Tsakonas, Prateek Kunduru
  • 3rd Place - Biotechnology Design: Saishree Mupparaju, Hailey Keperling, Hansika Kunduru, Corinne Scherer, Peyton Seamans
  • 3rd Place - Scientific Visualization: Peyton Seamans, Hansika Kunduru
  • 4th Place - Digital Video Production: Katelyn Nichols, Emma Howerter
  • 4th Place - Architectural Design: Corinne Scherer, Nora Kern, Maya Metz, Leahness Ortiz, Sherry Heckman, Hayden Adams
  • 4th Place - Board Game Design: Zak Kauffman, Juniper Barouth-Sherman
  • 4th Place - Prepared Presentation: Hansika Kunduru
  • 5th Place - Essays on Technology: Sophia Jones
  • 6th Place - CAD Engineering: Richter Bogust
  • 6th Place - Debating Technological Issues: Hansika Kunduru, Sophia Jones
  • 6th Place - Dragster Design: Maya Metz
  • 8th Place - Dragster Design: Richter Bogust
  • 9th Place - Dragster Design: Katelyn Nichols
  • 10th Place - Flight Endurance: Noah Gaters

Congratulations to all!

A Message from the ETSD Board of School Directors

The Exeter Township Board of School Directors would like to inform you that Superintendent Dr. Kimberly I. Minor has submitted her resignation with an effective date of May 3, 2022. The Board intends to act on her resignation at the next public board meeting.  The Board of School Directors is grateful for Dr. Minor’s leadership and commitment.

ETSD will be using a Flexible Instruction Day 2/4/2022

On Friday, all schools in the Exeter Township School District will utilize a Flexible Instruction Day (FID). The day will count as a school day; however, students will not report to their school buildings. Instead, they will complete their school work from home. For attendance purposes, students are required to log onto their building website and report their attendance from these links:

SENIOR HIGH
JUNIOR HIGH
REIFFTON
JACKSONWALD
LORANE
OWATIN CREEK

Please log your attendance no later than 10AM.

Students in grades 4-12 should log onto Schoology for each of their classes to receive their assignments for the day. These assignments will be posted by 9AM. Students in grades K-3 received FID assignments from their teachers and should complete the assignments for FID Day #2. These assignments are also available at the link above.

Teachers will have a dedicated office hour that they will communicate to students and answer questions throughout the day via email and voicemail.

EMA's Supper Serenade will be postponed to next Friday, February 11th. Should you have questions about the Supper Serenade's postponement, please reach out to Mrs. Crotty at macrotty@nullexetersd.org.

Enjoy the day, and please stay safe.

The Kutscher Family & ECEF Present 30 Awards to Math & Science Students

photo of kutscher award winners

This morning, 20 juniors and 10 sophomores were recognized by Principal Tom Campbell, and Exeter Community Education Foundation (ECEF) Executive Director, Amy Lutz, and President, Angela Cooke, for their outstanding math or science achievements thanks to Dr. Harlan & Mrs. Carole Kutscher, longtime Exeter residents and supporters who created a $25,000 endowment for students through the ECEF. Their endowment recognizes students with a certificate and monetary award to celebrate the achievements of those who earned the highest weighted final grade in their 9th and 10th grade science and math classes.

Because this was the first year the endowment was established, the Kutschers felt it was important for them to double their gifts to juniors (who only had access to this award once). Next year, 10 sophomores and 10 juniors will receive awards from the endowment, with no winner receiving the award more than once so that other highly-achieving students can have a chance to be recognized.

Our warmest thanks to the Kutscher family for establishing this incredible endowment to recognize the academic achievements of our students, the ECEF for their hard work in coordinating the first year of these awards, and our congratulations to the following students who were recognized today for their outstanding academic work in math and science. They are:

10th grade:

  • Ryanne Ahmad, Math & Science
  • Noah Gates, Science
  • Donghu Kim, Science
  • Hansika Kunduru, Math & Science
  • Rebecca Lee, Math & Science
  • Gavin Marr, Science
  • Juliana Minner, Math
  • Alex Nerney, Science
  • Brody Oswald, Math
  • Abigail Rothharpt, Math

11th grade:

  • Isabella Boston, Math
  • Angela Catania, Science
  • Elizabeth Clavell, Math & Science
  • Daisy Cortes, Math
  • Chase Cupitt, Math & Science
  • Matthew Dorn, Science
  • Eric Dunbar, Science
  • Faith Feldman, Math
  • Kyle Goodman, Math & Science
  • Wade Grimm, Math & Science
  • Emily Holliday, Science
  • Zachary Kauffman, Math & Science
  • Zachary Kleinfelter, Science
  • Aliye McDonough, Math
  • Lauren Ramsey, Math
  • Aashveen Randhawa, Math & Science
  • Anakin Reinbold, Science
  • Peyton Seamans, Math & Science
  • Malayna Spiller, Science
  • Patricia Tran, Math & Science

22 Eagles Commit to Collegiate Athletics on National Signing Day

photo of Exeter student athletes

They're soon to be Nittany Lions, Golden Bears, Wildcats and more, but today, we celebrated these 22 seniors as Eagles as they signed their commitments to continue their athletic and academic careers at the collegiate level on National Signing Day.

Here's where these talented athletes will be playing next year:

  • Lauren Bowers - Soccer, Wilkes University 
  • Harrison Davis - Soccer, Lebanon Valley College
  • Madeleine Forry - Volleyball, The University of Scranton
  • Nola Gautieri - Lacrosse, Penn State University
  • Lily Giering - Field Hockey, Washington and Jefferson College
  • Gabby Hassler - Cross Country and Track & Field, Chestnut Hill College
  • Alyssa Himmelreich -Soccer, Ursinus College
  • Alex Holbrook - Cross Country and Track & Field, University of Pittsburgh
  • Hannah Hurleman - Swimming, Arizona State University
  • Taylor Mentzer - Soccer, The University of North Carolina Greensboro
  • Maya Metz - Lacrosse, Robert Morris University
  • Hailee Oswald - Acrobatics and Tumbling, Quinnipiac University
  • Heidi Patten - Soccer, Point Park University
  • Logan Reber - Volleyball, Lancaster Bible College
  • Aiyana Rivera - Track & Field, LaSalle University
  • Cody Schabener - Cross Country and Track & Field, Kutztown University
  • Helene Shevick - Cross Country and Track & Field, Shippensburg University
  • Rachael Smith - Cross Country and Track & Field, Houghton College
  • Haley Speicher - Softball, Bucknell University
  • J.R. Strauss - Football, Villanova University
  • Carolina Wegman - Track & Field, Lebanon Valley College
  • Ty Yocum - Football, Merrimack College

Congratulations to them all!

Student wins 1st place in SkillsUSA Division 4 Competition

photo of Vinnie Biancone

Congratulations to Vinny Biancone, a senior at Exeter and BCTC student, who placed first in Diesel Equipment Technology during the SkillsUSA District 4 competition. During the competition, Vinny had to demonstrate his knowledge and skills by taking part in a general knowledge test, diagnosing a “no-start” on a truck, adjusting and measuring wheel bearings, evaluating load and battery performance, and using tools for precision measurements. Vinny’s always been interested in cars and trucks, but turned his dream of working on them into reality when he became a student at BCTC in his sophomore year, which led to a summer job and co-op while in high school, as well as an expected employment offer at a local truck repair and service center after graduation. Vinny was selected to represent BCTC in the competition, which included students in 16 senior high and post-secondary schools in Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Lancaster and York counties. Exeter’s proud to congratulate Vinny today and recognize all of the amazing skills our BCTC and Exeter students learn--especially during February, which is Career and Technical Education month. Congratulations Vinny!